Mumbai: Police on Wednesday raided a bar, run by Sena
chief Bal Thackeray`s grandson Nihar, in suburban Santacruz
and arrested three staff members and detained nine bar girls
in the wee hours.

Four other staff members, including Nihar were however
declared absconding.
Acting on a tip off, a raid was conducted on Sangeet Bar
at 12.30 am following which the members--Ramesh Shetty, Harish
Shetty and Arjun Shetty--were picked up.

"As per rules, bar girls can serve the customers till
9.00 pm only. However, they were in the bar at the time of the
raid and moreover, their behaviour was vulgar," said Madhukar
Choudhary, Senior Inspector at Santacruz Police Station.

Nine bar girls were detained after the raid, he said.
All the accused have been booked under relevant sections
of The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act or PITA, he said
adding further probe was on.